Most Wanted - Location Trends 2025-2026

These are the most sought-after trends coming through to us right now— creatives, producers, and brands are actively searching for on Love Locations.

Luxury marble kitchen with a large waterfall island, veined stone surfaces, integrated appliances, brass pendant lighting, and sleek white cabinetry at Linques location.

Linques

Elevated Luxury

High-spec, top-of-the-range pure indulgence continues to dominate searches. Marble finishes, sleek metal accents, golds and brass fixtures, glossy surfaces, and premium materials are sought after. These spaces offer the ultimate in refined aesthetics for luxury brand shoots, editorial content, and premium productions. Explore our curated collection of elevated luxe locations, including :

Linques | Love Locations ♡
Barnes | Love Locations ♡
Chalk House | Love Locations ♡
Light Barn | Love Locations ♡
Walled Garden | Love Locations ♡

Contemporary stainless steel kitchen with a curved metal island, terrazzo flooring, open shelving, sculptural lighting, and warm neutral tones at Lyon location.

Lyon

The Stainless Steel Kitchen

We’ve come full circle. The catering-style industrial kitchen from the early 2000s is back, and this time it’s front and centre. No longer hidden in restaurant back-of-house spaces, the stainless steel kitchen is now a statement feature that adds professional-grade authenticity to any production. See this trend at :

Lyon | Love Locations ♡

Brixton Warehouse | Love Locations ♡

Light-filled kitchen and dining space with arched black-framed windows, natural wood furniture, woven chairs, and soft neutral interiors at Aylward location in SE23.

Aylward

Architectural Arches

The arch is far from a passing trend. We’re seeing significant demand for locations featuring curved architectural elements—from arched doorways and windows to curved kitchen cupboards and room dividers. This modern classic design element adds modernity and style. Featured locations:

Chesham

Statement Kitchen Islands

The kitchen island has evolved into a hero feature and highly searchable element. Whether styled as a breakfast bar or cocktail station, and finished in on-trend oxblood tiles or glossy chocolate brown, these gathering spaces create natural focal points for lifestyle and food content. Browse islands at :

Light bright limed washed modern rustic portabello house.

Portobello house

Lime-Washed Walls

The celebration of perfectly imperfect surfaces continues. Lime-washed walls bring depth, soul, and atmospheric texture that add production value to commercial and editorial shoots. If you’re looking for real atmosphere, these locations give you plenty of scope to capture that romantic vibe. Discover lime-washed locations:

Beautiful light white textured walls within victorian seaside home .

Seatower

Pantone Cloud Dancer

This colour is inspiring the return of the neutral zone. A popular neutral creating zen like qualities, heavenly spaces. Pantone’s Colour of the Year: PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer—a soft, white described as calming and evocative of clarity and renewal in a complex, noisy world. As white becomes the colour of the year, we’ve curated key white spaces that create the ideal backdrop for contemplative and aspirational content:

Sea Tower | Love Locations ♡
Britton | Love Locations ♡
Willow | Love Locations ♡
Bloomsbury | Love Locations ♡

Yellow room with built in bookcases and pool table

Copse house

The Library & Writing Room

Built-in bookshelves are experiencing unprecedented demand, fuelled partly by the “poetcore” aesthetic trend. Whether traditional with library ladders, leather-bound volumes, and worn Persian rugs, or contemporary and curated, these spaces add dimensional storytelling opportunities. Imagine personalising your bookshelves with an injection of colour from the Assouline series. Featured library locations:

Bright green room with antique furniture - romantic vibes

Bohemian studio 1 North

Romantic Vamp Aesthetic

Faded decadence meets deep winter drama. This trend draws from Daphne du Maurier novels and opera-house grandeur: jewel-toned colours, classic architectural features, crimson velvet drapes, patinated rococo mirrors, and moody candlelit corners. Heritage wallpaper brands are painstakingly restoring and digitally reproducing antique French patterns, adding authentic period detail. Perfect for gothic, fashion, and atmospheric productions:

built in bar with drinks cabinet , reeded glasses and open shelves - lit behind and actual bar with marble top

Chester house

Built-In Cocktail Bars

Remember when bar trolleys & mini cocktail cartsrolled onto set? Retailers have since made them permanent fixtures (now in on-trend chrome), and now built-in bars have become architectural features. Post-COVID home entertainment culture and the “staying in is the new going out” lifestyle have made cocktail bars highly searchable across luxury homes and urban apartments. Featured bar locations:

clay/ plaster pink bedroom - very light, bay window and upholstered bed.

Crescent house

Clay Pink & Plaster

The new modern neutral. Clay, pink and plaster-effect finishes add depth and warmth without overwhelming a space. Instead of a cool white environment, consider these shades—they bring a new dimension to modern minimal aesthetics or create beautiful tone-on-tone schemes. Discover these looks at :

Crescent House | Love Locations ♡
The South Wing | Love Locations ♡

Chalky blue room , baywindow, modern statement sofa and chairs, pink & orange- colourful vibe

Toucan

Cool Blue

A colour that started gaining momentum in 2025 and is finding its full expression in 2026. Look for icy, glacial blues that bring freshness rather than flat tones that can appear lifeless on camera. Explore our paint and decorating locations to create your own mark and express your blue period at :

Toucan | Love Locations ♡

West House | Love Locations ♡
Melford House | Love Locations ♡

Afriqican inspired bright living space, yellow & green geo shapes painted on wall.

Havant

Afrique-Inspired Interiors

Cited as a major trend for 2026, Afrique-inspired design celebrates Black creativity, culture, and craftsmanship. For inspiration, explore the work of Kerry James Marshall, whose exhibition “The Histories” recently finished at the Royal Academy. Follow our homeowner, Natasha Landers, interior designer and influencer at @untillemonsrsweet and @lemonseedproject. Her home beautifully showcases upcycling, texture, and colour. As a central figure in Black creativity and culture and a diversity consultant, Natasha brings an authentic perspective to this important design movement. Afrique-inspired design at

Havant | Love Locations ♡

Large brick style industrial warehouse with wooden floors.

Spratts factory

Looking Ahead

With so much 70s-inspired furniture on show at Paris Design Week Spring 2026, we’re putting our money on a return to the industrial warehouse aesthetic—think exposed brick, large arched windows, and dramatic mezzanine spaces. See this look at :

Spratts Factory | Love Locations ♡

Bright blue room with modern bright furniture.

Kyver

We also predict Frida Carlos' exhibition coming to the Tate Modern will create a craze for all things Mexican & hot colour.

For some colourful homes, look at

Kyver | Love Locations ♡
Purple House | Love Locations ♡